As they say in New Mexico, Tracy, "Y'all come back." We'll all be
waiting to see that Mohawky moniker again, or whatever new incarnation
it might take with a new ISP.

I'm don't know if Tracy recalls it or not, but he was one of the very
first stamp collectors I ever corresponded with by e-mail. I found rcsd
through the Prince George [BC] Freenet, a text-only dial-up service
that introduced me to Usenet and the Internet. That must have been
about 1986 or 1987. We've been corresponding ever since, and I have
certainly seen my collection grow, and my philatelic knowledge improve,
as a result of knowing him. Our best story concerns a crash cover that
he sent me as a gift several years ago. It resulted in what is
certainly one of my most successful web pages, in terms of the people
it has touched, among them the son of the airliner's pilot, who
previously knew little the crash itself, mainly that it had destroyed
his father's career and pretty much ruined his family's life. You can
see the web page at http://www.ingraham.ca/bob/prestwick.html.
Remember, it all started with Tracy's generosity.

I'm not checking in as often with rcsd as I used to. I have become
heavily involved with my stamp clubl, the BC Philatelic Society, to the
point that it seems like a full-time job on some days. But I always
enjoy dropping in now and then to see what's cooking, and always
appreciate the help that Tracy and you other groupies offer when stamps
and covers get too darned puzzling for me to figure out.

Anyway, hang in there Tracy, and steer clear of imbibing too much creme
de fennec!

Bob